The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-09-23
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept.2S. 1882.
MINOR LOCALS

Monday morning
That thorough bred (racing breed)
stallion which Barney Moore has re-
fused $4,000 for must be valuable
animal.
Why did so many prohibitionists
absent themselves from the meeting
on Tuesday night? Is their faith
weakening? INQUIRER.
The notorious Ben Bolt was drown
ed in Back creek on Tuesday morn
ing. Ben ought to have been HING
several years ago.
Tax collector, Mr.. Chas. X. Moore
gives notice that he will be in Rising
Sun to receive taxes from 9 a. m. to
3p. m. on the 9th inst
Miss Kate Evans, daughter of W.
j. Evans left home on Monday last
to attend school at Darlington's Sem
mary, West Chester.
The first frost of the season put in
an appearance on Saturday morning
last, and was quite plenty on boards
and walks about town before sun rise.
After returning from church one
evening last week, f. A. Ellis, Esq.
of Elkton, was seized with chill
which was followed by an attack of
Pneumonia.
John Thomas, aged about IS yrs.
a laborer, residing in Sassafras Neck
attempted to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat with razor in War
wick.
Enoch Smith an empIoye in Lo-
gan's canning house near Liberty
Grove had one of his arms badly
scalded last week.
Franklin Langdon, contributed so
cents to the thief fund at the Cen
tennial. Had his pocket picked of
that amount.
The Temperance mass meeting"
held at b. M. House on Saturday
was not large gathering, The meet
ing was there but the mass" was
absent.
A large camp of those rowing vag
abonds, called Gypsies has been
pitched on the B. NJ House road
about half mile below the Sun this
week.
The ladies of Harmony church,
Rowlandville have revived their AID
Society. Funds raised through the
efforts of the Society to be devoted
to finishing the parsonage.
Mrs. DIR. Butler will! give a public
reading at Porter's Grove Church.
tomorrow evening. Proceeds to be
applied to paying the debt on the
church.
Teacher Basil r. Hanna of the
Public School was.kept from his post
by sickness on Tuesday. Mr.. Hess
taught the school on that day. The
school numbers 20 pupils with a
prospective increase.
Five Colora boys were arrested by
Constable Morrison on Wednesday
afternoon charged with firing pistol
into The Monroe school house. on
Tuesday. The ball passed near the
teachers head.
Walter Hopkins co lored boy of
Rowlandville, on Sunday evening
last, accidentally shot Saml. Carter
with a revolver. The ball lodged in
his abdomen. He was attended by
Drs. Rowland and Gillespie.
Mr.. E. Noyes answers the Knights
of Labor queries this week through
the MIDLAND JOURNAL in a clear
and without reserve, manner. We be-
speak for his answers careful read
ing, especially by farmers.
A difference between the school
and county commissioners in which
the former claimed that $4,000 was
due them from the latter, was settled
by the county commissioners agree
ing to take the amount out of the
next levy.
A good deal of local news that was
received late together with two
short articles in relation to the Pro-
hibition meeting on Tuesday evening
which we were compelled to omit for
want of room. We will look after
the latter next week.
W. T. Bye. fire tax collector for
the Farmers and Mechanics Mutual
Co. was suddenly stopped in his pro
gress, collecting tax, by the Sheriff
meeting him at Rising Sun on Tues
day evening with an attachment to
attend court as witness.
Tickets are out for the fourth An
nual County Bali to be given on the
Fair grounds in Mitchell Hall, on
Wednesday evening 2Sth INST. These
annual balls have become an institu.
ton, almost part and parcel of the
Fair.
Our quandom friend. T. Bond
Brown of Elkton memory, gave the